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りそうてき
理想的
な
かたち
形
は
なみだ
涙
のひとしずくであった。
The ideal shape was the teardrop.
Grammar and points of interest
〜的 (てき) 〜的 (てき)
 
turns a noun into an adjective
理想的な形は涙のひとしずくであった。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
理想的な形は涙のひとしずくであった。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
り そ う て き 0
ideal
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か た ち 0
noun
1. form; shape; figure  (this meaning is restricted to form 形, 容)
2. visage
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な み だ 1
Most common form: 泪
noun
1. tear; tears; lachrymal secretion
2. sympathy
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ひ と 0
Most common form: 人
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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し ず く 3
Most common form: 滴
drop (of water); drip
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
理
リ    logic   
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里
リ   さと village   
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
想
ソウ   ソ    idea, thought   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
相
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
的
テキ   まと target   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
丶
dot   
形
ケイ   ギョウ   shape   かたち    かた    
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开
start, initiate   
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廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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彡
fur, bristles, beard   
涙
ルイ   なみだ tears   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
戻
レイ   もどる to return   もどす to send back   
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戸
コ   と door   
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尸
corpse
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